Rivalries and top conference teams meet this weekend as men's and women's soccer joins women's volleyball in the throes of conference play.

Cross Country

A busy weekend awaits as nine of the ten Big West teams are in competition across the country, including squads at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis and the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto.Cross Country Weekly Release #5

Men's Soccer

The first year of Big West divisional play launches Friday with North vs. South match-ups, highlighted by preseason North Division favorite UC Santa Barbara and upstart UC Riverside meeting in Riverside. South Division favorite UC Irvine will host the new Big West associate member Sacramento State.

There are also plenty of doubleheaders on the schedule with Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside hosting men's and women's soccer pairings both Friday and Sunday, while Cal State Northridge hosts an extended doubleheader Sunday.

For the fifth year, select matches will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform, including almost all matches from Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.

Women's Soccer
Conference play opens Friday with defending Big West Tournament champs and preseason favorites Long Beach State at UC Riverside, while two-time defending regular-season champs UC Irvine are at Cal State Fullerton, just two of five matches on the schedule.

Sunday sees the first conference action for returning member Hawai'i as the Rainbow Wahine open their league schedule at Cal State Northridge. Also on the five-match Sunday schedule is a match-up between bitter rivals Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton at Titan Stadium.

There are also plenty of doubleheaders on the schedule with Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside hosting men's and women's soccer pairings both Friday and Sunday, while Cal State Northridge hosts an extended doubleheader Sunday.

For the fifth year, select matches will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform, including almost all matches from Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.

Week two of conference play sees preseason conference favorite and No. 8 Hawai'i hosting their first two league matches since returning to the Big West. The Rainbow Wahine will face a pair of 2-0 teams in UC Irvine on Thursday and longtime rival Long Beach State Saturday.

While we're talking about rivalries, Central Coast rivals Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara will face off for the first time this year on Saturday as well. Cal State Northridge, UC Davis and Pacific also host matches this weekend.

For the fifth year, all home and conference matches will be broadcast on the BigWest.TV platform. Beginning this season, all BigWest.TV live content will stream FREE OF CHARGE.

This Week in the Big West is the one-stop listing of the top matches taking place across the Big West Conference! Each week, This Week in the Big West will highlight the games that fans won’t want to miss and critical match-ups home or away in one location. Keep in touch with the happenings around the conference!